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Currently on Foreign Doctoral Faculty Fellowship and Study Leave

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Keisha is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Family Life and Child Development, College of Home Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman. She studies the governance and administration of early childhood policies and programs, collaborating on projects with children, families, practitioners, and government stakeholders in the field of Early Childhood Development. Previously, she worked as a Knowledge Fellow with the Early Childhood Development Action Network in Washington, DC, developing an ECCD Responsiveness LGU Assessment Tool. Currently, Keisha is a doctoral candidate at the Centre for Global Childhoods at the University of Auckland. Her current research project explores the possibilities of decolonial education in early childhood within Filipino families.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Family Life and Child Development, University of the Philippines (2016)

• Master of Public Administration, University of the Philippines (2022)

• Doctor of Philosophy - Education, University of Auckland (ongoing) 

Research Interests 

• Early Childhood Development

• Early Childhood Governance

• Decolonial Early Childhood Education

Recent Publications 

• Constantino, K. K. R. (2022). Examining ECCD Structures and Service Delivery Mechanisms in Local Government During COVID-19. Philippine Journal of Public Administration, 66.

• Constantino, K. K. (2021). Early Childhood Care and Development Responsiveness Local Government Unit Assessment Tool (ERLAT). Early Childhood Development Action Network

• Saamong, C.R.S., Jamero, J.L.F., Constantino, K.R., Maclid, E.M. (in press): Rethinking Social Justice in Early Childhood in the Philippines. In Marek Tesar (e.d.) Early Childhoods and Childhood Studies. Bloomsbury.

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